Where creativity meets clarity, and vision meets action.

Connecting businesses, organizations, and communities with the insight, relationships, and strategic support needed to strengthen Southwestern Vermont’s economy, leadership, and future growth.

Our Approach

At the Southwestern Vermont Chamber and Foundation, we believe meaningful economic and community development happens through relationships, collaboration, and a willingness to think strategically about the future.

We work alongside businesses, nonprofits, municipalities, investors, and community leaders to help identify opportunities, solve challenges, and move ideas into action. Whether through convening industry roundtables, producing data-driven reports and market analyses, supporting entrepreneurs, strengthening workforce initiatives, or simply connecting people to the right resources and conversations, our role is to help create clarity, momentum, and long-term regional impact.

Grounded in both practical experience and forward-thinking strategy, we strive to be a trusted partner in building a stronger, more resilient Southwestern Vermont.

Strategic Support & Regional Intelligence

Focused Industry & Community Roundtables

Facilitated conversations bringing together employers, institutions, developers, nonprofits, municipalities, and industry leaders to explore workforce trends, housing needs, economic opportunities, tourism, infrastructure, and regional challenges.

Specialized Community Reports

Custom or curated reports providing insight into demographics, visitation, commuter trends, consumer activity, tourism performance, housing, workforce dynamics, and economic positioning.

Market Analyses

Targeted regional and sector analyses designed to help investors, employers, developers, and entrepreneurs better understand Southwestern Vermont’s opportunities, trade areas, customer patterns, and growth potential.

Executive Circles

Private or invitation-based conversations designed to connect organizational leaders, investors, developers, and decision-makers around strategic issues shaping the future of the region.

Site Selection & Relocation Support

This becomes very practical and concierge-like.

Familiarization Tours

Customized regional tours designed for prospective employers, investors, developers, remote workers, and organizational leaders interested in exploring Southwestern Vermont. Tours may include downtowns, redevelopment sites, housing opportunities, schools, healthcare assets, recreation, institutional partners, and introductions to local leadership.

Relocate to Vermont

Interested in living and working in Southwestern Vermont? Explore relocation resources, housing, schools, communities, and quality-of-life opportunities with our Relocation Specialist on staff.

Real Estate & Development Connections

Connections to local commercial brokers, developers, property owners, and redevelopment partners throughout Bennington County and Southwestern Vermont.

Include:

  • commercial realtors

  • industrial space

  • redevelopment properties

  • downtown opportunities

  • mixed-use/housing developers

This section becomes VERY valuable long-term.

Workforce & Business Growth Support

Workforce Support

Helping employers and organizations connect with workforce, recruitment, education, relocation, and retention resources across the region.

Potential future areas:

  • talent attraction

  • onboarding support

  • internship pipelines

  • higher education connections

  • HR roundtables

  • relocation concierge

  • workforce housing conversations

Chamber Membership

Membership in the Southwestern Vermont Chamber provides businesses and organizations with advocacy, visibility, connections, economic insight, marketing opportunities, and access to one of the region’s strongest professional networks.

Connect with the CEO

Direct access to Chamber and Foundation leadership for strategic conversations around:

  • investment

  • relocation

  • development

  • partnerships

  • economic opportunities

  • community introductions

  • “From day one, the Southwestern Vermont Chamber has been a proactive and engaging partner, offering guidance and support as we got our Bennington location up and running. I can confidently say the SWVT Chamber stands out as one of the most helpful and responsive Chambers we’ve ever worked with.”

    — Kevin at Hoffman Car Wash

  • "Establishing a business requires immense support, networking, and learning from the local community. There’s no better partner in that effort than the SW VT Chamber. I’m thrilled to be a part of such an active and engaged organization!"

    — Michael from One Day In July

  • "The Chamber does a fantastic job at gathering us together. The events, mixers, meetings and celebrations — it has been so welcoming and inclusive.”

    — Chamber Member

  • "This is really excellent data. I’m very grateful to you for all of your work on this. This is the kind of information we’ve never truly had available to present to citizens and now, because of your efforts, we finally do.

    — Municipal Leader

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